Review criteria
- +Estimated vs. actual spend by room and item
- +Contingency and over-budget highlighting
- +Payment and deposit tracking
- +Works in Google Sheets and Excel
Home Renovation Budget
The Home Renovation Budget is a copy-ready spreadsheet for home renovation that tracks rooms, line items, estimated vs. actual, payments. It opens unchanged in both Google Sheets and Excel, needs no add-ons or macros, and takes about 15 minutes to set up.
Last updated: August 2026
Excel workbook · opens in Google Sheets · 3 tabs · no sign-up
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What’s inside “Home Renovation Budget”
Tabs: How to use · Budget · SummaryFormat: Excel (.xlsx) · opens in Google SheetsSetup: About 15 minutesColumns: 8
Columns (grey = calculated for you)
- Room
- Line item
- Budget
- Actual
- Paid to date
- Vendor
- Remaining
- % used
- Open the Budget tab and replace the sample rows with your own — one row per entry. Formulas fill in automatically for new rows.
- Set the budget per line before work starts, then log actual (committed) cost and what has been paid.
- Spend the contingency line by moving money from it into the lines that ran over.
- Using Google Sheets? Upload the file to Google Drive, then open it with Google Sheets (or File → Import in an open sheet). Formulas, dropdowns and highlights carry over.
The file opens locally on your device — nothing is uploaded, and you own the copy outright.
Home Renovation Budget
About this template
It is built for people who want results without another subscription: homeowners managing a remodel budget. The whole template is free to copy — there is no paid tier. Because it is a plain spreadsheet, you own your data outright and can shape every column to how you actually work.
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What to verify before choosing Home Renovation Budget
Use the review criteria below to decide whether this template fits your workflow.
Often worth considering when
- +Homeowners managing a remodel budget
- +Anyone keeping renovation costs from spiraling
Pause before choosing when
- -Contractor accounting software
- -Automatic receipt capture
About Home Renovation
Why people consider this option
- +Keep a renovation on budget and on schedule without project software
- +Track every contractor quote, payment, and change order
- +See planned vs. actual spend before it spirals
What to review before acting
- -No contractor marketplace or e-signing
- -Manual entry of quotes and receipts
Trust FAQ
Questions people ask before copying a template
Does the Home Renovation Budget work in both Google Sheets and Excel?
Yes. It is built with standard functions and no macros, so it opens and works the same in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel — on desktop or your phone.
Is the Home Renovation Budget really free?
The core template is free to copy and use. There is no paid tier — download the Excel workbook, replace the sample rows with your own, and you are ready to work.
What does the Home Renovation Budget track?
It tracks rooms, line items, estimated vs. actual, payments. The workbook comes with these columns plus the formulas, dropdowns and highlights already set up. Replace the sample rows and the totals update as you go.